Baseball game device



Nov. 6 1923. 1,473,308

c. c. MARTIN BASEBALL GAME DEVICE Filed April 18. 1921 6 /NvE/VTOR,qTToR/VEY Patented Nov. 6, 1923.

PATENTv OFFICE.

CEGIL C. MARTIN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BASEBALL GAME DEVICE.

Application filed April 18, 1921. Serial No. 462,278.

To all whom it may concer/rt:

Be it known that I, CECIL C. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baseball Game Devices,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices. The object of my inventionis the provision of a game simulating the game of base ball, which willafford exercise to the eyes and dexterity of the players and provide theplayers and spectators excitement and enthusiasm similar to what isproduced by an actual game of base ball.

With these and other ends' in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

`wall is an openin In the accompanying drawings,- Figure 1 is aperspective view of game apparatus embodying my invention. Fig.

,2 is a detail longitudinal-,vertical section of the lower portion ofthe same.

In carrylng out my invention I p-rovide a rectangular base framecomprising a front wall 5, a rear wall 6, side walls 7 and a transversepartition- 8 which is located at a short distance to the rear of thefront `wall 5. Provided centrally in said front 9 and a similarlydisposed opening 10 1s provided in the partition S. The opening 10 is,however, relatively narrow to afford at opposite sides thereof abutments11 which protrude into the way provided by the wall opening 9.

Provided within said frame, and extending upwardly in a'rearwardlyinclined direction from its front wall, is a game board 12. Said boardis desirably supported upon the frame by means of a transverse cleat 13rigid with said board and seating upon the frame partition 8.

In proiimity to its midlength said board is furthermore supported by apair of props such asl 14. p

The central portion of the game board 12 is provided with marks 15arranged sub-- stantially in the form of a diamond, the corners of whichare designated as first, second and third bases and a home platerespectively denoted by 16, 17, 18" and 19..

Provided at the respective bases are pegs or hooks 20 and other pegs orhooks 21 are ,provided at other selected places upon thel board. Thelast named hooks according to their locations or otherwise aredesignated by their play indicating functions as for eXample,-one basehit, fly-out left, error out field, home-run, etc.

In use there are employed a number of balls or marbles, such as 22,which are manipulated by a person hereinafter designated as the pitcher,a plurality of quoits or rings such as 23, desirably of rubber, to bepitched by a person taking the part of a batter in the game; andrelatively small thin rings 24, hereinafter designated as runners, to beapplied to the various base hooks 20 by a person taking the part ofcatcher subject to the play of the quoits.

With my improved apparatus the rules and principles of the standard gameof base ball are followed as closely as possible, the plays are recordedand the runs scored according to what is known as regulation rules. Anumber of persons may take part in thev game and are divided into twoteamsthe ins and the outs,

In playing, the pitcher for the outs, from a tossing line at say twelvefeet in front of. thel apparatus successively shoots the marbles in anendeavor to cause the same to pass through both of the frame openings 9and 10. When this shot is effected it counts one strike against thebatter who is up. Should the pitcher shoot a marble through the largeropening 9 only, one hit is allowed, and the batter from the tossing lineabove mentioned may then throw as many as six quoits 23 at the board 12.

If a marble, though, strikes a side of either of the openings 9 or 10and then passes through the opening 10 ,it counts as a foul Strike.

' Striking the frame with a marble outside of the openin 9 counts oneballor unfair delivery, and should the frame be entirely missed by a-marble it means a wild pitch and counts one bal'l and the `runners 24are each advanced one base by the catcher of the out team.

Each of the batters of they in team, in l turn, tosses from one to sixquoits 23, as he maylbetitlel to by the marble plays of the out teampitcher as above explained, and ,I

nated as 2 base hit he thereupon ceases to play and a runner 24 isplaced by the catcher of the outs u on the hook 20 at the second base tothereby indicate that one of the in team' players is entitled to occupysuch station. Should the next player of the in team to bat after beinallowed a hit by the pitchers marble p ay, cast a. quoit, for instance,over hook at 25 desi nated as stolen base, the runner on secon isadvanced by the catcher to third base.

As another example, should the batterr cast a quoit over the hook at 26designated as sac. hit the runner on third base scores and the batter iscounted out.

A still further example, should a. batter engage a quoit on a hook atany base occupied by a runner the latter is put out but the battercontinues to cast the remaining of his six quoits or until he is putVout or given a base by lodging a quoit upon appropriate hooks.

The construction and operation of the invention will it is thought/beunderstood from the foregoing description.

It is obvious, however, that various changes in details of constructionand proportions invaso@ of parts of the illustrated embodiment of theinvention may be made Without departing from the invention as set forthin the appended claims.

What I claim, is,-

A game apparatus of the character described, comprising a rectangularb-a'se frame provided with a transverse partition having an aperturetherein, said frame being provided with an aperture located in front ofthe partition aperture, a substantially vertical game board detachablyconnected to said frame, said game board havin marked thereon asubstantially diamon shaped figure,v egs provided in the corners of saidfigure, liooks provided on said game-board at other locations than saidcorners, insignia marked on the game-board for the respective hooks,balls adapted to be rolled through said apertures, quoits for saidhooks, and markers adapted to be attached to said pegs.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 9th day of April, 1921.

CECIL C. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, MABEL EKBERG.

